4 Barrar Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 4DS). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 69.7% above the 2012 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 80.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 84 m² it's 18.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in November 2012. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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4 Barrar Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2024
4 Barrar Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1995.
£246,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 17 years.
£145,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 17 years.
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4 Barrar Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,726
Street avg £2,089
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
9 November 2012Most recent
£145,000
-11.0%over 5 years5 April 2007
£162,950
+39.9%over 4 years21 February 2003
£116,500
+94.3%over 7 years24 May 1995
£59,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4DS: £225,000 (2023–2017).

CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
DY8 4XF
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Brook Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB